Category: Animated Short
Year: 2010
Run Time: 9 min
Credits: Director/Writer: Christopher Jarvis

ARKANSAS PREMIERE!

Synopsis: Frustrated attempts to bear children overwhelm the lives of an aristocratic avian couple in the early 19th century.

"Akin to the visual styling of early David Lynch and Tim Burton, Jarvis tells the animated tale of an aging avian couple that give birth to a child. The fully feathered baby bird looks nothing like them and considering it an "abomination," they lock it in their attic upstairs. Narrated in a British accent with crafty lines and visual puns, "BIRDS" is not as dark as it initially seems; it's delightfully backwards." --lansingcitypulse.com

Awards (partial list): Best Animation/Experimental Film, Indie Memphis Film Festival; Best Animated Film, Williamsburg International Film Festival; Best Animation, Carolina Film and Video Festival

Screenings (partial list): Telluride Film Festival, Santa Cruz Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, Crossroads Film Festival